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FREDERICK.E. WILLITS, OF IIANSAS CITY, MISSQURI,

ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-FOURTH TO WILLIAM M. ROGP, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WIRE-FABRIC MACHINE.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. VIIr LITS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ire- Fabric Machines, of which; the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to wire fabric machines, and particularly to that class of machines wherein a stay fence is produced having the stays locked to thestrands at their intersection by means of staples.

The invention comprises strand wire feeding devices; stay feeding devices consisting of an endless carrier, means for depositing the stays from the carrier on to the strands,

staple feeding devices and means cooper-- ating with such staple feeding devices for locking the bridges of the staples over the stays and their ends around the strands upon the opposite sides of the said stays.

The invention consists further of auto: matic crimping devices. also means for crimping the strands at the point of intersection of the stays, simultaneous with the locking of the stays tothe strands.

The -invention comprises details of construction to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out in the specification and claimed in the appended claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved machine with the hopper and its staple delivery mechanism omitted. Fig. 2 3 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the machine taken on line IV IV of Fig. 1.- Fig. 5'is an irregular, broken; detail transverse sec-' tion, with certain parts omitted, taken on line V V of Fig. 1, showing the stay-wire cutting mechanism. Fig. 6 is an.enlarged, broken, detail plan view of a portion of the staple feeding mechanism. Fig. 7 is averti'cal transverse section of the same, with the hopper omitted, taken on line VIIVI I of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 isan enlarged detail view of the stay-wire gripping jaws, with their carrying chain in section, taken on line VIII- VIII of Fig. 9. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 10 is a transverse section of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 15, 191() Application-filed February 15, 1909.

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the gripping jaws taken on line XX of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is an inverted plan view of one of the upper dies forming part of my invention. Fig. 12 is a plan view of one of the lower dies. Fig. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view,.taken on line XIII'XIII of Fig. 6, showing an upper die and a lower die, located in their respective shoes and in position to receive one of the staples emwires. Fig. let is a transverse section of an upper die and a lower die, with the shoes omitted, taken 011 line XIV-XIV of Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is adetail perspective view of one of the wedges employed to assist in holding the dies in their respective shoes. Fig. 16 is a detail front elevation of one of the plungers employedto force the staples into the segmental grooves in the dies. Fig. 17 is an enlarged detail side elevation, partly in section, of a portion of thetrip nism for relieving the plungers from undue pressure. Fig. 18 is a detail side elevation of one of the stay-wire push-bars and its operating mechanism. Fig. 19 is a detail plan view of an endless carrier, forming part of my invention. Fig. 20 is a detail plan View of the cutting mechanism and the fingerb'ars forming part of the invention. Fig. 21 is a transverse section taken on line XXI XXI of Fig. 20. Fig. 22 is a' transverse section of the stop-pins forming "partof the invention. Fig. 23 is a detail sectional view of one of the push-bars forming part of the invention. .Figs. 24 and 25 are details of a device for bending the ends of the stay-wires down against the sides of the two adjacent strand-wires. .Figs. 26 to 31, inclusive, show modified means for conducting the staywires from the endless carrier to-the dies, Fig; 31 being a section on line XXXI of Fig. 30.

Cog-Wheels 5 rotate a ployed to secure the stay-wires to the strandmecha-.

journaled in the step, by means of con-- In constructing my machine I employ a suitable frame 1, 1* Wing a journaled longithe cog-wheels, and adjustably connected at their rear ends to the upper slotted ends 10,

of arms 11 pivotally mounted at their lower ends upon the opposite ends of drum-shaft 12 and provided'with gravity pawls 13,

which engage and rotate ratchet-wheels l4, rigidly mounted upon the drum-shaft, onesixth of a revolution at each backward thrust of arms 11. As arms 11 move for Ward to allow the pawls to engage the'suc-- vceeding teeth on the ratchet-wheels, the

drum is held. stationary by the tension on the strand-wires, and. by large ratchetwheels" 15, rigidly secured to the opposite ends of said drum and engaged by gravity awls 16, pivotally secured to the machine rame, see Figs. 3 and 4. Shaft 12, upon which the drum is rigidly mounted, is journaled in brackets 17, secured to the rear portion of the machine frame.

Feed-drum 7 is divided into equal parts by six longitudinal rows of peripheral pins 18, which engage stay-wires 19 forming the transverse part of the fence, and draw them backward with the fence after they have been secured to strand-wires 20 forming the longitudinal portion of the -fence.

The strand-wires are drawn from reels (not shown) through straighteners 21, preferably arranged at unequal distances apart in a bar 22 secured at its ends to the front portion of the frame. The strand-wires are 'alsodrawn through holes in a channel-bar. 23 just in the rear" of bar 22 and adapted to receive and guide .the. lower portion of a crimping-bar 24, which is de ressed into contact with the strand-wires or the purpose of formin quent to each a vancement of said strand- Wires- Crimping-bar 24 is elevated and depressed at regularintervals, by a pair of eccentric arms 26, operatedby eccentrics 27, rigidly mounted-upon a shaft28 journaled in the ends ofthe machine frame and driven'by shaft 6 through the 'instrumentality of sprocket-wheels 29 and 30, and a connecting sprocket-chain 31, 4 and 5) the upper v strand of which is depressed. by an'idler 32 50.

to avoid contacting with a lower die-shoe 33, slidably' arranged atits ends in the lower portion 33 of T -shapedgrooves in the sidesof the machine frame, and carrying dies 34 with intersecting grooves 35 which receive the strand-wires and the stay-wires whenthe dies are elevated. The grooves for receiving the strand-wires have central depressions 35 to form crimps 35 in said strand-wires for a purpose hereinafter de scribed. Dies 34 are also providedwith segmental grooves 36, which communlcate with the depressions35, and said diesare removabl secured inthe shoe 33 by pins 37 and we ges 38, which latter are held in position byfgbolts 39 and nuts 40, see Figs. 12 and 13.

crimps 25 therein subse Die-shoe 33 is provided at its underside with a pair of concave bearings 41, whlch rest upon cams 42, (Fig. 4) rigidly mounted upon shaft 6 and adapted, at each revolution, to elevate the die-shoe until dies 34 contact with the fence wires and raise them into contact withan upper set of dies here inafter described. The lower dies are held in contact with the upper set until the fence wires have been secured together, by. the concentric portions 43 of the cams 42.

The stay-wires are supplied to the machine from a single strand 44 leading'froin ,a reel, (not shown) and extending through a straightener 45 secured to one end of the machine frame. The pro ecting end-of the strand 1s grasped by a pair of gripping aws equally spaced upon an endless sprocketchain 47, connecting two sprocket-wheels 48 rigidly mounted upon shafts 49 and 50, journaled in bearings 51 on the ends-of the machine frame, see Figs. 1,3 and 19 Shaft 50 isdriven by a small rigidly mounted bevel gear wheel 52, that meshes with and is driven by a large bevel rigidly mounted upon one en of shaft 28.

Each set of gripping jaws consists of two members 54 and 55, which are pivoted at 56 to lugs 57 formed integral with flanges 58 on the opposite sides of two of the links ear wheel 53,

.46 forming part of two sets of grippers forming part of sprocket-chain 47, see Figs.

8 and 9. The gripping-jaws are prevented from opening too wide when inverted, by integral stops 58 which contact with lugs 57, and'the inner sides of the jaws have teeth 59, which afford a reliable hold on wire 44,

when closed-upon the same by parallel anglebars 60 arranged on opposite sides of the lower strand of the sprocket-chain 47 and adjustably secured at their opposite slotted ends 61, by bolts 62, to the si es of the machine frame, .so that they may be adjusted laterally to exert the requisite amount of pressure on the gripping-jaws. As the gri ping-jaws enter the space between the ang e i bars they are gradually closed by the flaring ends 63 of the same, against the free end of wire 44, which is seized and drawn along by said jaws to a point 64 near the opposite ends of. the angle-bars where the inwardly -extending flanges 65, of the same, are cut away to permit the jaws to open and release the wire. Said wire is then immediately severed by a blade 66, secured to an arm 66* projecting from one side of the machine frame, and a knife 67, secured to the upper of the path of the following pair of gripping-jaws by a retractile spring 7 2, secured at its ends to lever 68 and channel-bar 23.

After wire 44 has been severed the resultant stay-wire falls upon finger-bars 73, arranged beneath the angle-bars and secured at their forward ends'to arod 74:, pivoted at its ends in one side of the machine and in an arm 74*, which latter is secured'upon stub-shaft 69. Rod 7-l is provided with counter-weights 75, oneof which normally rests against a stop 76, (Fig. 1) secured to the inner surface of one of the sides of the machine, to normally hold the finger-bars in a horizontal position. After the stay-wire falls upon the finger-bars the free ends of the latter are depressedbelow the strandwires (as shown in Fig. 21) upon which the stayavire then rolls or slides and is adj astcd laterally thereon by tapering shoulders 75*, secured to the inner surfaces of the sides of the machine. After the stay-wire has been deposited upon the strand wires it is shoved backward into contact with depending stop-pins 77, by push-bars 78 supported in substantially a horizontal position by a transverse-rod 79 and pivotally secured at their forward ends to the upper rod of a skeleton-frame 80, pivotally secured at its lower portion in the sides of the machine and oscillated by an internal cam 81, rigidly mounted upon shaft 6, and an arm 82 operatively connecting the cam to the skeletonframe.

Push-bars 78 are composed of two sections 78 and 78", the former of which has a reduced front portion '78 that "operates in a recess 78 in the last mentioned section,

said recess being provided with an expan;

sion spring 78 (Fig. 23) which holds section 78 in contact with the stay-wire while being raised by the die-shoe 33, and thus reliably holds said stay-wire in contact with the stop-pins 77.

At each forward stroke of frame 80, its

upper rod contacts with counter-weights 75.

tilting the same upwardly to rotate rod 74 and cause the depression of the free ends of finger-bars 73, so they will discharge the stay-wire as above described.

The depending stop-pins extend through openings in an upper stationary die-shoe 84,

securedat its ends in the upperportion 85' shoe 33, and retained in an elevated position, after said die-shoe is lowered, by a cam 89 and an arm 91, until the wires have been stapled, lowered, and moved backward to bring the stay-wire in-the rear of the stop-- the stop pins leave the cavities 8P.

scend by gravity, or by pressure of a sprin pins before the same descend. The rear ends ofthe push-bars are also raised by the lower die-shoe 33- and holdthe stay-wire against 77, the lower side of the upper' die-shoe'S having cavities 8 11' to receive said rear ends ofthe push-bars.

While the rear ends of the push-bars are being raised cam '81 is in engagement with the concentric side 82 of an irregular aper- 'ture 82", in the enlarged rear end of arm 82,

and consequently, the latter remains in its rearmost position until die-shoe 33' descends and permits the ends of the push'bars to After the rear ends of the push-bars leave cavities 84, they are moved forward to engage another stay-wire by carhSlrotating into contact with the eccentricside of aperture 82.

Cam 89 is rigidly mounted. upon the central portion of shaft 28, and arm 91 is rigidly secured at its rear end to rod 88 and has a semicircular forward end 92 which is held in a depressed position by the cam during a portion of its revolution, see Fig. After the cam rotates out of contact with the semicircular end' 92, the stop-pins de- 7 not shown, in time to intercept the follod ing'stay-wire; r

The upper die-shoe 84 is.provided at its underside with dovetail recesses 93, to receive dies 94 corresponding in number to dies 34, vertically above which they are held by wedges 95, secured in place by bolts andnuts 96 and 97, and pins 97, see Fig. 13. The underside of dies 94 have intersecting grooves 98 and 99, which register with grooves Grooves 98 also con'nnunicate with semicircular recesses 100,'the sides of which crimp the stay-wire where it intersects the strand-wires, in order to prevent it cured to the same.

The depressed portions 99* of grooves 99,

are interrupted by inclined segmei'ital grooves 101, the ends of which regdster with the ends of segmental grooves 36 and form in conjunction therewith, when the dies are closed upon' the fence wires, two sets of spiral grooves arranged on opposite sides of the stay-wire groove. and adapted to receivetapering apertures 102, communicating at their lower reduced ends with the inner ends of segmental grooves 101, and at their upper ends with passageways103 in guides 104, secured upon die-shoe 84 to receive plungers 105 having grooved concave lower ends 106, which snugly fit the bridges of the as I Bar 108 hasreduced terminals 119.which project through slots 120, in thesides of the staples while the latter are being forced into the splral grooves by said plungers. The

upper ends ofthe plungers' project through openings 107 in a longitudinal bar 108, to

which they are secured by transverse pins 109 and a trip mechanism, (Fig. 17) which latter is provided to relieve the plungers of undue pressure when forcing the staples into the spiral grooves. Said trip mechanism consists of levers 110 fulcrumed at their rear notched ends 111 in V-bearings 112 on the upper notched on s of bolts 113 held in aper- I the spiral grooves the spring will yield and relieve that .particular plunger from continuing to move down with bar 108', consequently, as the latter moves down it will depress the engagin rear end of lever 110 and cause the. forwar end of the same to raise and. elevate the engaging bolt 113 against regulated. by the extent of its engaging surface with the top of the notch in'bolt 113, it

the pressure-of spring. 118 Afterlever 110 has been tilted to a certain degree, which is becomes disengaged from said bolt and then, of course, exert-s no furtherpressure'. upon the plunger.

machine, and are secured inthe upper ends .of arms 121 having elliptical apertures 122 in their enlarged portions 123, see Fig. 3. The lower ends of arms 121 extend through guides 124 secured to the'sides of the ma-- chine, and are reciprocatedby cams 125 rigidly mounted uponthe terminals of shaft 6 and adapted to alternately engage the upper. and lower walls of the elliptical ape'rtures 122..

-'- Staples 126, are fed to the dies from ahopper 126 (Figs. 2, 4, and 6), extending across the up er rear portion of the machine and havmga false zig-zag bottom 127 for conducting the staples into the paths of a series of crank-arms 128, rigidly mounted upon a shaft 129. driven by sprocket-wheels 129 and a. connecting endless sprocket-chain 129 held out of contact with the lower dieshoe by an idler 129. Crank-arms 128 are provided at their outer endsiwith notches 130, so-that they may pick up and hold the staples until they reach the position shown.

by dotted lines in Fig. 4, when the staples fall upon inclined troughs 131 supported by arms-132,;and having longitudinal'slots 133 to permit the passage of the crank-arms.

The staples slide down from the troughs 'tending' into openings =148. have'tapered inner ends 151, which support upon inclined levers 134 Fig. 7) fulerumed at 135 between the depen ing flanges 136 of chutes 137, supported from the upper dieshoe by vertical arms 138, said levers being bent at an anglejof 45 degrees to direct the staples to openings 139 leading to the passageways in guides 104.

Should the staples be fed toorapidly to chutes 137 and accumulate upon levers 134, the latter will, when their upper ends are overbalanced by the weight of said staples, tip and discharge all or a number of the staplesback into the hopper and thus prevent the clogging of troughs 131. After the lovers. have thus'disposed of the sur lus staples, their forward ends will again rop to their normal position and rest upon stoppins 134 secured to the de ending flanges 36'. ends of the levers ontoichutes 137, they are stopped. by lugs 140, thereon, from which they are released at regular intervals by segmental levers 141, fulcrumed at 142between the lower ends of flanges 136, and provided with upwardly projectlng fingers 1 43, adapt- .edto pass upwardly through slots-144 in the chutes, to engage and lift the staples, one by one, over the lugs so they may slide down against the sides of the plungers.

. When the-plungers are raised to the posi tion shown in Fig. .7, the Weighted ends 145 of levers 141, drop and tip up the opposite ends of said levers in time to catch the staplesas theyslide down against shoulders 146 in the plunger guides. Said opposite ends of the levers are prevented from tipping up too farby lugs 141 on their weighted ends, wl1ich contact with stops 141 secured to depending flanges 136.

Guides 104 have lower openings 147, which communicate with openings l48 extending through shoe 84 and communicating with openings 102' in the upper die. Openings 147 and 148 communlcate with 0p- .positely-dis'posed-grooves 149, the walls of which maintain the staples in a vertical position as they pass dowri through said openings.

' The staples are subjected to but slight pressure from the plun ers, in their passage to openings 148, utwhen passing through said openings their lower ends are forced around the strand-wires, which operation requires considerable pressure, and

in order to prevent the bridges of thestaples from bending under this pressure, I sustain them by means of sliding sup orts 150, ex-

thebridges of the staples in their ownward passage as the supports are drawn outwardly by links 152, connected ,at one end to the outer ends of the supports by ballat their opposite ends to the depending arms As thestaples slide from the lower upports 150.

. and-socket joints l53,'and plvotally secured' by retractile springs 156, connected at their opposite ends to the shoe 84 and the depending arms of the bell-crank levers 154.

As levers 141 are operated by the plungers it is obvious that only one staple -at'a time can be placed below'each plunger and, consequently, danger of clogging the dies by attempting to force into each more than one staple at a time ,is obviated.

- The projecting ends of the stay-wires are bent down against the sides of the adjacent strand-wires to make the selvages of the slots 163 before the ends ofthe fabric comparatively smooth, by means of a 2 0.

pair of rollers 157 journaled in brackets 158, secured to the rear side portions of the machine frame, and provided with longitudinal slots 159 and segmentalribs 160, which latter enter peripheral grooves 161 in the rollers, and thus prevent thesame from moving longitudinally. 1 Each roller has an internal longitudinal groove 162 and a spiral slot 163, communicating with a bore 164 tapering toward its "outlet end 165 The two strandrwires forming the selvages of the fabric or fence, are threaded through the bores of'the rollers 157, hence as the fence is drawn backward by drum 7, the ends of each stay-wire will enter the forward ends of grooves 162 and slots 163, and

engaging the sides of the latter will, in passing to the rear ends of the rollers, rotate the' same one revolution.

As the rollers rotate they will, through the intermediacy of the walls of grooves 162, carry the projecting ends of the stay-wires downward against the sides of the strand wires, and thus form smooth selvages. As the rollers are slightly longer than the spaces between the stay-wires, the ends of each succeeding stay-wire will enter the spiral receding stay-wire leaves said slots, hence the rollers will always be ready toreceive the ends of the stay-wires as thesame move backward step by step.

'In the modified form shownin Figs. '26 to 31, inclusive, for conducting the stay-wires in position between the upper and the lower dies, 167 designates. av plurality of endless H chains, arranged to travel around a plurality of rollers 168, journaled inthe sides of the frame. Chains167 include bifurcated links 169 which are so spaced that each time the chains pause, one of said links will be in proper. position between the 'upper and lower dies to deliver a stay-wire 19 thereto, and another of said linkswill be in posltion beneaththe endless carrier to receive a stay-wire. The chains are moved forward step by step by the stay-wires after the same have been secured by the staples to the strand-wires. Y

In order to preventthe upper strands of the chains from sagging with the stay-wires, Isupport said strands by means of a plurality of grooved rails 170, supported by cross-bars 171, secured to the sides of the frame.

The upper die-shoe 84" is provided with bifurcated guides 173, which guide the staywires into grooves 98 in the upper dies 94:, when said stay-wires are pushed upward by the lower dies 34?.

Rollers 168 are provided with peripheral guides 168 which prevent the endless chains from moving laterally thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A wire fence machine,'consisting of.

automatic -means for feeding a number of strand-wires, an endless carrier embodying aws, means for automatically closing the jaws upon a wire so they will conduct the latter transversely to the strand-wires, a knife for severing the transverse wire into suitable lengths, and means for securing the resultant stay-wires upon the strand wires.

2. A wire fence machine, consisting of automatic means for feeding a number of,

strand-wires, an endless carrier embodying jaws, angle-irons for closing the jaws upon a transverse wire, means for severing said wire into suitable lengths, and means for securing the resultant stay-wires at intervals upon the strand-wires. r

3.'A wire fence -machin e, consisting of automatic means for feeding a number of strand-wires, an endless carrier embodying jaws arranged in pairs, adjustable angleirons' for closing thejaws upon a transverse wire, means for severing said wire into suitable lengths, and means for securing the resultant stay-wires at intervals upon the strand-wires.

- 41. A wire fence machine, consisting of automatic means for feedlnga' number of strand-wires, 'an endless carrier embodying jaws, means for limiting the movement of said jaws, angle-irons for closing the jaws upon a transverse wire, said wire into suitable lengths, and means for seen-ring the resultant stay-wires at intervals upon the strand-wires.

5. In a wire fence machine, means for feeding anumber of strand-wires, a crimping-bar adapted to crimp the strand-wires at intervals, .and a channel-bar through which the strand-wirespass and in which the crimping-bar reciprocates across said strand-wires.

6. In a wire fence machine, incombination, means for feeding a plurality of strand-wires, a channel bar extending transversely of the strand-wires and having a means for severing grooves and movable supports to sustain plurality of passage-Way's therethrough through which said strand wires are adapted v, said strandwires.

to'pass, and a crimping bar adapted to be received in said channel-bar and mounted to be reciprocatied in said channel-bar across a wirejfnce machine, a fixed upper die, a movable lower companion die, said upper and lower dies having registering grooves -.to receive the strand and stay wires and recesses torec eive the, staple, and a plunger reciprocatively. mounted to enter said fixed die' from the rear and seat'therein, and having a die end adapted to form a continua- 1-5' said seated position.

tion of said registering-grooves when in ,8, In a wire fence machine, dies provided with intersecting grooves to receive the intersecting portions of the strand and staywires forming the; fence, spiral grooves 'communicating' witli gthe intersecting grooves,

and passage-ways communicating with the spiral grooves; plungers operatively arranged in said passage-ways and adapted to force-the ends'of staples into the spiral the bri ges of the'st'aples.

' 3 -9. In a wire fence machine, dies provided r as with-grooves and a :passa e-way leading thereto, a staple chute leading to the pas-' sage-way, a stop on said staple chute, and a .lever adapted to raise the staples over the stop. j

- 10.. A staple chute provided with a slot, 'a

stop located atone end of the slot, and alever having, a" finger adapted to pass through the slot and raise the staples over ridges and adapted to pick up the staples in their path, and a chute into which the staples are thrown from said crank-arms.

' 12. In a. wire fence. machine, the 'combina- 'tion of strandwire feeding devices, stay feeding devicescomprising an endless carrier, means for depositing the stays from the carrier on to the strands, means for moving the stays along the strands to the place of locking the said stays and strands, staple feeding devices, and means for locking the staples over the stays and around the strands, substantially as specified.

' 13. In-a Wire fence machine, the combination of strand wire feeding devices, endless stay feeding devices, means for receiving the stays from the endless feeder and de o siting them upon the strands, staple fee mg devices, means for locking the staples over the stays and around the strands atthe point of intersection of the said stays and strands, and means for crimping the strands at their point of-locking slmultaneously with the placing of the staples, substantially as spcc'h fied.

14. In a wire fence machine, the combination of strand wire feedin devices, an endless stay carrier )rovided with grippingjaws, means for depositing stays from the carrier on the strands, staple feeding devices, means for locking the staples over the stays. and around the strands, and means cooperating with the devices for locking the staples to simultaneously crimp the strands at the point of intersection of the stays during the locking of the staples around the said stays and strands, substantially as specified.

15. In a wire fence machine, the combination of strand wire feeding devices, a recip rocating stay carrier, oscillatory .means for receiving the stays from the carrier and depositing them upon the strands, staple feeding devices, andgmeans'for locking the staples over the stays and around the strands at the intersection of the said stays and strands, substantially 'as s ecified.

16. In a wire fence mac ine, the combination of strand wire feeding devices, a movable stay carrier, stay gripping devices on said carrier, oscillatory means for receiving the stays from the carrier and de ositing them upon the strands, sta le fee ing devices, and mechanism for Ice ing the brid e of the staples over the stays and reverse y wrapping theends of the sta les around the strands upon the opposite si es of the stays, substantially .as specified.

17. In a wire fence machine, the combination of strand-wire feeding devices, a transversely movable stay carr er, a tilting support disposed beneath the carrier and ada ted to receive the stays therefrom and eposit them upon the strands, means operatin at predetermined intervals for tiltin 'said support, staple feeding devices, an

means forlocking the staples over the stays and around the strands, substantially as specified.

18. In awire fence machine, the combi nation of strandwire feeding devices a transversely movable stay carrier, a tiltin' support adapted to. receive the stays an deposit them upon the strands, means for tilting said support, a movable and immovable die, a staple receptacle, means for feeding the staples to the dies, and mechanism for bringing the movable die adjacent to the immovable die to lock the staples over the stays-and around the strands, substantially as specified.

19. In a wire fence machine, the combination with strand wire and stay wire feeding devices, of a movable and immovable member, a staple receptacle, means for conveyin g staples from the receptacle to the immovable member, meansfor bringing the movable member in juxta osition to the immovable member tofacilitate in looking,

strands, and means carried by the said mem-- I bers for crimping the strands simultaneously with the lockin of the substantially as speci ed.

20. In a wire fence machine, the combi nation of strand wire feeding devices, a tilting stay support, means for depositing stays on said support, an oscillatory frame adaptstays thereto,

ed to tilt the aforesaid support, push-bars attached, to said oscillatory frame adapted to receive the stays from the tilting support and properly position them on the strands, staple feeding devices, and means for'locking the staples over the stays and around the strands, substantially as specified,

21. In a wire fence machine, the combination of strand-wire feeding devices, a movable stay carrier, a tilting support interposed between the carrier and the path of the strands, means for tilting said support, longitudinal movable devices adapted to project the stays along the strands to the position of locking the same thereto, stoppins cooperating with such devices, a staple receptacle, means for feeding the staples from the receptacle to the intersection of the stays and strands, and means for looking the staples over the stays and around the strands, substantially as specified.

' 22. In a wire fence machine, the combination with strand-wire feeding devices, a transversely movable stay carrier provided with a series of gripping-jaws, means for depositing the stays from the carrier onto the strands, longitudinal movable members for properly positioning thestays on the strands, a staple receptacle, transversely-dis posed die-shoes, one oyerlyiug the other between which the strand-Wires are projected,

dies'attached to said shoes, a series of feed- 'ways leading from the receptacle to the dies, and mechanism for bringing the dieshoes coadjacent to facilitate in locking the staples over the stays and around the strands, substantially as specified.

23. In a wire fence machinegthe combina tion of strand-wire feeding devices, an endless stay carrier provided with a series of jaws thereon, adjustable means for closing said vjaws, a tilting support for receiving the stays from the carrier and depositing the same upon the strands, oscillatory means adapted to tilt said support, means carried on said oscillatory means adapted to receive the stays from the tilting support and osition the same upon the strands, staple eeding devices, feeding devices adapted to cooperate with the last-named members, and means for locking the staples over the stays and around the strands, substantially as specified.

1 24. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of strand-wire feeding devices, an endless stay carrier, means for dcpositing said stays. from the carrier on the strands, a reciprocating member adapted to actuate said last-named means, push-bars earned by said -member adapted to properly position the at the point of intersection of the stays during the locking of the staples around the saidstays and strands, substantially as specified.

25. In a wire fence machine, a selvage forming means comprising a member adapted to inclose the strand wire axially therein, and adapted to revolve therearound', said revoluble member being'provided with continuous means to engage the end of the said wire to draw the latter around said strand wire.

forming roll having a tubular through which the'strand wire is to extend, and having means communicating with said tubular opening continuoiisly throughout the length and periphery of said roll, whereby the end of the said wire may be drawn around said strand wire.

27. In a wire fence machine, selvage formin -means comprising a hollow cylindrical roll through which the strand wire extends, said roll being, constructed to permit the end of the strand wire to project radially therein, and to cause said roll to revolve as the strand wire is forwardly moved. I

28. In a wire-fence machine, tubular selopening thestrand-wires of the fence are threaded,

said rollers having spiral slots and internal] grooves to recelvethe ends of the stay-wires .of the fence, for the purpose described.

29. In a wire fence machine, the combination of strand feeding means, stay feedmg means and means for tying the strands and stays, said tying means including op; posing (lies having intersecting registering grooves to form a passage-way in which said strands and stays are held and which is curved downwardly to crimp the strands when the tie is made.

30. In a wire fence machine, the C0l11b1- nation of strand feeding means, stay feed-- mg means, means for applying tles to the intersections of said strands and stays, and a roll to inclose the outer strands, the ends of the stays and said ties to roll the latter into a smooth selvage.

31. In a wire fence machine, the combination ofa fixed upper die bar, a movable lower die bar, means for feedin stays between said upper and lower die ars, plungers movable through said fixed die bar, and

26. In a wire fence. machine, a selvage adapted a bur mounted to reciprocate above said connections between said reciprocating bar 10 fixedtdie bar to move said plungers. and said plungers.

32. In a vire fence machine, the combi- In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature,

nation of a fixed upper die bar, Ia movable in the presence of two witnesses.

.- lower die bar, means'for feeding stays be tween said upper and lower die'ba'rs, p1uni FREDERICK LITS' ,gers movable through said fixed die bar, a XVit-nesses:

1 bar mounted to reci )rocate above said fixed F. G. Flscmpn,

die. bar to move sai plungers, and tripping- Cox.- 

